Novel multi-material fibers for wireless communication textile devices

Author

Belanger-Garnier, Victor ; Gorgutsa, Stephan ; Ung, Bora ; Blais-Roberge, Mickael ; Viens, Jeff ; Gosselin, B. ; LaRochelle, Sophie ; Messaddeq, Younes

Author_Institution

Center for Opt., Laval Univ., Quebec City, QC, Canada

fYear

2014

fDate

10-11 Nov. 2014

Firstpage

368

Lastpage

371

Abstract

Miniaturized, multi-material fibers represent a novel promising approach to integration of higher-level functionalities into textile mediums. In this work, we present novel `smart textile´ fabrics featuring multi-material fiber antennas compatible with existing 2.4GHz wireless communication networks. A sub-millimeter leaky coaxial cable fiber antenna is shown to be fully compatible with a textile weaving process, and exhibits an isotropic radiation pattern in the H-plane and multiple radiation lobes in the E-plane, in accordance with theory and simulations.

Keywords

antenna radiation patterns; coaxial cables; intelligent materials; leaky wave antennas; radiocommunication; submillimetre wave antennas; textile fibres; wearable antennas; E-plane; H-plane; frequency 2.4 GHz; isotropic radiation pattern; multimaterial fiber antennas; radiation lobes; smart textile fabrics; submillimeter leaky coaxial cable fiber antenna; textile mediums; textile weaving process; wireless communication networks; wireless communication textile devices; Antenna radiation patterns; Coaxial cables; Silver; Textiles; Weaving; multi-material fibers; wearable antennas;

fLanguage

English

Publisher

ieee

Conference_Titel

Antennas and Propagation Conference (LAPC), 2014 Loughborough

Conference_Location

Loughborough

Type

conf

DOI

10.1109/LAPC.2014.6996399

Filename

6996399